Product Description

I found Rapunzel to be a frankly horrifying tale. As were all the other fairy tales submitted our the Ravelry group. I chose Rapunzel as it was a bit less horrible than the other ones (I had to choose one I could stand to travel into a bit).I decided to focus on the two main characters, Rapunzel and Dame Godel (otherwise known as 'the enchantress').

As I did my brainstorming, reading the tale over and over, elements began to emerge which lent themselves quite well to color interpretation. Dame Godel is sooo evil! I mean, she is just loaded with issues. Character traits which interested me, artistically, were Jealousy (green), Avarice (dull purple/grey), Cruelty (dark purple), Anger (see Citron) and Possessiveness (mottled grey/green, see Putty and Toxic Sludge). I feel she must have had quite the Scary Gaze (darker blue/green).

Poor, Sweet (peachy pink) Rapunzel- so Naive (golden yellow) and Trusting (ecru), Innocent (pale purple/pink) and Pure (blue). I had so much fun with this inspirations that I created quite a few semisolid colors which will coordinate with one or the other of the multicolors. You will find you can get any of the colorways on both fiber and sock yarn.

Please be aware that it may take up to two weeks for the Polwarth/silk base to get to me (the Rambouillet ships fast as it is a stock item, and I have the Panda Sparkle on hand). I aim to ship the international orders first, as we all need fiber in hand before July 1. All US orders will be shipped by the June 21 (preferably sooner).